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I'm not sure why it is called vaping. You can see smoke come out. It uses a heater to burn the juice.

• jasongill 8y ago
  It's called vaping because the carrier liquid (propylene glycol) is being vaporized. There isn't supposed to be any smoke - if so, something is wrong.
  • colanderman 8y ago
    I think the GP is confusing smoke with vapor.
    • mchahn 8y ago
      To be honest I've only seen pot vapes. And I do see smoke, not vapor.
      • colanderman 8y ago
        I've never seen the pot type, but the propylene glycol type are all over Boston. What they release is definitely vapor, not smoke. (The vapor clouds act very differently than smoke clouds. They look and act like the steam clouds which emanate from manhole covers in cities, or from dry ice.)
      • phnofive 8y ago
        You are seeing vapor, not smoke.
      • ryanlol 8y ago
        Pot vapes definitely aren't supposed to put out smoke. With some vapes you could achieve this by cranking the heat all the way up, but it'd be a far worse experience than just smoking. I guess some of the cheap $20 chinese ones like the "gpen" might not actually vaporize though.
        • mchahn 8y ago
          I see a white cloud. Could that be vapor? I always thought vapors were invisible.
          • ryanlol 8y ago
            Yeah, that is vapor. Vapors aren't necessarily invisible, you can see the clouds in the sky too. Might look similar, but it's a completely different experience for the user.
• blairbeckwith 8y ago
  That’s... not true. On every level.
• gwbas1c 8y ago
  That's steam, no combustion happens
  • cjmoran 8y ago
    It's not steam, it's a vapor composed of propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin (plus optional flavorings and nicotine). It's not "water vapor" as many seem to be spouting.
    • __blockcipher__ 8y ago
      Specifically, it’s an aerosol. (Everything you said was correct, just expanding)